Day two!
It was a slow day today, I was down with a slight fever, had to take a medical leave from work and thus were unable to do much on chess.
I did teach, though. Had a class and, seeing that I am a dedicated coach, did not cancelled and went on to teach.
💓Why do I love chess?
I find joy in learning the small, minute differences that will only become apparent in a long run. The most famous example is the explanation/calculation/flexing done by the ex-World Champion, Garry Kasparov.
In this famous game, Kasparov, in the heat of the attack, suddenly tucked his king away to h2 on his 31st move. This “tempo-losing” move was explained by him in the famous “Kasparov mind-boggling calculation” video circulating on Youtube. He simply said that “now knight can go because my rook is hanging without check”.
Why this is baffling? Because normal player like me would “unpin” my heavy artillery by simply moving them. Not Kasparov, though. He move his king instead so that the pinned piece can move and the opponent can capture the piece behind it without a check.
The famous Youtube video can be reached here.
The accuracy? 93%, according to modern engine.
Superbly high, but not as high as Rapport’s game against Pragg.
⚒️What I worked on today
Didn’t had time to analyze a grandmaster’s game (the ones above were from my memory), but I did managed to do my puzzles and focused on my accuracy.
“🤖20–30 min: 2-3 tactical puzzles at slow pace (focus on accuracy). Use Woodpecker-style repetition if a theme repeats.”
That is what was suggested by ChatGPT. I hope I got it right!
Gonna get some shut eyes – will continue to work on my chess and muster up what little motivation I can get to improve.
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